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Saturday, February 18, 2006

Regional Aspirations of Iran: Sat. 18 Feb.

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Iranian students fill in the papers of registration forms indicating their readiness for martyrdom, or to carry out suicide attacks, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2006. A gathering of Iranians who claim they are dedicated to becoming suicide bombers warned the United States and Britain on Saturday of attacks on coalition military bases in Iraq if there were a strike against Tehran's nuclear facilities. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

COMMENTLINE
Presented once again for your perusal, the latest regional tension courtesy of Iran. In this post:

Iranian volunteers register to become suicide bombers against the West in the event of military action against Terhan's nuclear facilities.

Iran demands withdrawal of British troops from the area around Basra, Iraq.

Chirac maintains position on Iran's nuclear program.

NEWSLINE
"With more than 1,000 trained martyrdom-seekers, we are ready to attack the American and British sensitive points if they attack Iran's nuclear facilities," Mohammad Ali Samadi, spokesman for Martyrdom Seekers said.

NEWSBYTES
Bombers Warn U.S. Against Iran Attacks
TEHRAN, Iran -- An Iranian group that claims its members are dedicated to becoming suicide bombers warned the United States and Britain on Saturday that they will strike coalition military bases in Iraq if Tehran's nuclear facilities are attacked.

Iran group stages new suicide bomber recruitment drive
TEHRAN (AFP) -- A small hardline Iranian group launched a fresh suicide bomber recruitment drive, hoping to lure volunteers ready to die in the fight against Israel, Salman Rushdie or foreign invaders.

Iran Demands British Troops Leave Basra
BEIRUT, Feb. 17 (AP) -- Iran's foreign minister demanded the immediate withdrawal of British forces in Basra, saying that they had destabilized the southern Iraqi city near the Iranian border.

Chirac: France's Stance on Iran Unchanged
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- French President Jacques Chirac said Saturday only the U.N. nuclear watchdog could draw conclusions about the goal of Iran's nuclear program, steering clear of his foreign minister's recent declaration that it is a clandestine weapons project.

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Muslim Cartoon News Roundup: Sat. 18 Feb. Late

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Images of Tension: Iranian Volunteer Suicide Bombers

An Iranian volunteer suicide bomber waits to register to assist a Palestinian uprising at Khageh-Nasir university in Tehran February 18, 2006. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

An Iranian registers as suicide bomber, to assist a Palestinian uprising, at Khageh-Nasir university in Tehran February 18, 2006. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

Iranians register as suicide bombers, to assist a Palestinian uprising, at Khageh-Nasir university in Tehran February 18, 2006. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

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US-Islamic Forum Opens Amid Tension

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Karen Hughes, the United States' top imagemaker abroad, seen here in January 2006, addressed a US-Islamic forum seeking to find common ground between the United States and the Muslim world in Doha at a time when Islamic anger against the West has reached boiling point.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)

COMMENTLINE
Here's a story the mainstream media isn't covering.

Karen Hughes addressed a US-Islamic World Forum today in front of a backdrop of Muslim rage over the Muhammad cartoons. Among the issues on tap at the Qatar hosted event included the threat to regional stability posed by Iran and Hamas.

NEWSLINES
"If we truly desire to reach a better understanding of each other, if we truly want our dialogue to produce results, we have to stop demonizing each other and replace hate with hope."

Abdul Hamid al-Ansari, former dean of the sharia (Islamic law) faculty at Qatar University lamented how "regimes in the Islamic world continue to marginalize liberals and keep them out of positions of responsibility, while appeasing the sides who fuel hostility to the United States."

NEWSBYTES
US-Islamic forum opens amid cartoon row tensions
DOHA (AFP) -- A US-Islamic forum seeking to find common ground between the United States and the Muslim world opened in the Gulf state of Qatar with Islamic anger against the West at boiling point.

Karen Hughes address US-Islamic forum
(Arabic News.com) -- Under Secretary of State Karen Hughes addresses U.S.-Islamic World Forum today in Doha, Qatar.

US-Islamic forum starts in Doha
(Aljazeera.Net) --A US-Islamic forum seeking to find common ground between the United States and the Muslim world has opened in Qatar with Islamic anger against the West at boiling point.

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Images of Tension: Muslim Cartoon Protests #49

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Muslim Cartoon News Roundup: Sat. 18 Feb. Midday

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Filipino Muslim protesters burn a Danish flag painted with slogans at the Muslim community of Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines, on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2006. The protesters demanded that Denmark apologize over the cartoons that first appeared in a Danish newspaper, which they said portrayed Muhammad in a blasphemous way. They also demanded that Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo condemn the caricatures. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

COMMENTLINE
While we have seen the mainstream media's coverage of this story wind down, emotions remain high and flash points low; protests erupt, spread and turn into riots.

Presented for your contemplation, the latest tensions sparked by the Muhammad cartoons. In this post:

Libya suspends its interior minister after deadly riots.

An Italian minister steps down after he was blamed for clashes in Libya over cartoon T-shirts he had made.

A tasteless yet amusing dive into blasphemy via FARK.com PhotoShop contest themed: 'Sitcom situations for Mohammed.'

In RELATED, I have added a link to a live map of the riots and fatalities courtesy of Lasting News.

NEWSLINE
"We want that those who drew these blasphemous cartoons to be hanged," Aysha Munawar, a senior party leader, told the crowd.

NEWSBYTES
Libya Suspends Official After Deadly Riots
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Libya suspended its interior minister Saturday, citing an "excessive use of force" in riots the day before that left at least 10 people dead in the bloodiest protest yet against the Prophet Muhammad cartoons roiling the Muslim world. The controversy claimed another political...

Ministers forced out as cartoon row escalates
ROME (Reuters) -- The row over controversial Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad forced two ministers out of their jobs in Europe and the Middle East on Saturday after clashes between police and protesters claimed 11 lives in Libya.

Heads roll after Libya's cartoon riots
(Aljazeera.Net) -- Libya has suspended its security minister and other officials, a day after at least 10 people were killed during a demonstration at the Italian consulate in the north eastern city of Benghazi.

Sitcom situations for Mohammed
(FARK.com) -- PhotoShop Contest

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At Least 9 Killed in Libya In Clashes Over Cartoons
ROME, Feb. 17 (washingtonpost.com) -- At least nine people were killed Friday in clashes between protesters and Libyan police outside the Italian Consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi, according to reports from Libya and Rome. The violence came two days after an Italian politician boasted on television that he was wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with caricatures of Islam's prophet Muhammad.

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Muslim Cartoon News Roundup: Sat. 18 Feb. Early

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Muslim supporters of Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party beat an effigy representing the West's portrayal of Islam at a protest in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2006. The activists were protesting the publication of the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a Danish Newspaper. The protestors in the background hold up a boy who desecrated the Danish Flag. (AP Photo/ Mustafa Quraishi)

COMMENTLINE
For your contemplation, the latest tensions sparked by the Muhammad cartoons. In this post:

Mainstream media picks up story on cartoon protests in Libya, which have claimed the lives of 11.

Shots fired during Pakistan protests wounding four.

Iran protests Lithuanian paper running Muhammad cartoons.

Thousands to show up at UK cartoon protest.

Protests flare in India.

NEWSLINE
Most of the protests have been in Muslim countries, but on Saturday more than 10,000 people turned out for a march in London, many arriving in buses from cities around Britain.

NEWSBYTES
In Libya, 11 reportedly die in cartoon protests
(CNN) -- Eleven people were killed and an Italian consulate was burned in Libya on Friday night during protests to denounce the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed, sources in Libya said.

At Least 9 Killed in Libya In Clashes Over Cartoons
ROME, Feb. 17 (washingtonpost.com) -- At least nine people were killed Friday in clashes between protesters and Libyan police outside the Italian Consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi, according to reports from Libya and Rome. The violence came two days after an Italian politician boasted on television that he was wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with caricatures of Islam's prophet Muhammad.

Libyans Riot Over Prophet Cartoon; 10 Dead
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Libyans set fire to the Italian consulate in a riot that left at least 10 people dead, the bloodiest protest yet against the Prophet Muhammad cartoons that have roiled the Muslim world. In eastern Pakistan, police opened fire Saturday on a mob trying to burn down shops, the...

Shots wound 4 during Pakistan cartoon protest
MULTAN, Pakistan (Reuters) -- Four people were wounded on Saturday when shots were fired during a protest in central Pakistan over publication of cartoons lampooning the Prophet Mohammad, police said.

Iran protests Lithuanian paper running Muhammad cartoons
(Marathon Pundit) -- Lithuania has stepped up to the plate--even though they don't play baseball there--as the Respublika newspaper there reprinted the Danish Muhammad cartoons, the Baltic Times reports.

'Thousands' due at cartoons demo
(BBC) -- Thousands of Muslims are expected to join a protest in London over cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad.

Widespread violence in Hyderabad during cartoon protests

Indian Muslims to seize Parliament on offending cartoon
(IRNA) -- A muslim organisation said it would seize the Parliament from February 19-23 to protest the publication of Holy Prophet Mohammad's (PBUH) cartoons in some European journals.

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Friday, February 17, 2006

Hurricane Katrina Aftermath News Pictures #41

Mardi Gras parade participants throw beads from a float during the Excalibur parade opening Mardi Gras celebrations in Metairie, Louisiana February 17, 2006. The 150th Mardi Gras season started in the New Orelans suburb for the first time since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Tracy Thomson, left, and Janine Hayes pose, Friday, Feb. 17, 2006, after appearing in the Blue Tarp Costume Fashion Show at the Lundi Gras Blue Tarp Celebration at Antoine's Restaurant in New Orleans. Designers put together fashions using blue tarps to express dismay that so much of New Orleans still covered in tarps after Hurricane Katrina hit last year. The event raised money for the Campaign to Save Costal Louisiana. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

A silhouetted man walks past a store window selling Mardi Gras souvenirs along Decatur Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans February 16, 2006. The first official Mardi Gras season since Hurricane Katrina starts in New Orleans February 18. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Despite parts of New Orleans, such as the Lower Ninth Ward area, pictured here 16 February 2006, still in ruins, the city is preparing to officially kick off its 150th Mardi Gras festival in a desperate bid to regain a sense of normalcy six months after it was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.(AFP/Robyn Beck)

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Muslim Cartoon News Roundup: Fri. 17 Feb. Late

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People gather near the Italian consulate in the northeastern city of Benghazi, Libya February 17, 2006. About 10 people were killed in violent clashes outside Italy's consulate between Libyan police and demonstrators on Friday at a protest over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, Italian ambassador to Tripoli Francesco Trupiano said. REUTERS/Libya TV

COMMENTLINE
For your contemplation, the latest tensions sparked by the Muhammad cartoons. In this post:

Cartoon protests flare in Libya -- then erupt into riots, 11 reported killed.

AP reports boycott hurting Denmark but fails to give hard numbers to back up claim.

The Iraqi interim government has asked Denmark to keep its soldiers in Iraq.

Russia investigates editor of newspaper that published cartoons and close another newspaper that published a cartoon depicting Muhammad along with Jesus, Moses and Buddha.

NEWSLINE
It was the deadliest demonstration yet against the cartoons, which have set off violent protests throughout the Muslim world. At least 29 people have been killed altogether.

NEWSBYTES
In Libya, 11 reportedly die in cartoon protests
(CNN) -- Eleven people were killed and an Italian consulate was burned in Libya on Friday night during protests to denounce the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed, sources in Libya said.

Libyans riot over cartoons
(Aljazeera.Net) -- Libyans protesting the Prophet Muhammad cartoons set fire to the Italian consulate in Benghazi in a riot that left several people dead and wounded, Libyan security officials said.

At Least 10 Killed in Libya Cartoon Riot
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Libyans angry over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad rioted at the Italian consulate on Friday, storming the building and setting it on fire. A diplomat said at least 10 people were killed in clashes with police.

Ten reported killed in Libya cartoon clashes
TRIPOLI (Reuters) -- About 10 Libyans were killed in clashes with police when they tried to storm an Italian consulate in Libya on Friday in protests against Danish cartoons lampooning the Prophet Mohammad, Italian officials said.

Muslim Boycotts of Danish Products Costly
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Consumer boycotts of Danish goods in Muslim countries in protest of the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad are costing Denmark's companies millions, and have raised fears of irreparable damage to trade ties.

Baghdad asks Danish troops to stay
(Aljazeera.Net) -- The Iraqi interim government has officially asked Denmark to keep its soldiers in Iraq, after Basra city council told Danish troops to leave until their country apologises for the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

Probe Opened Against Russian Editor
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian prosecutors opened an investigation into the editor of a newspaper that reprinted caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, and another paper was ordered closed Friday after publishing a cartoon depicting Muhammad along with Jesus, Moses and Buddha.

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Fire Fighting Firemen Fight Each Other Over Fire Scene

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COMMENTLINE
I imagine it's hard enough to be a firefighter battling a blaze in a burning house ... but it's another thing altogether to fight with other firefighters at the scene over just who is going to fight the fire.

Be sure to check out the video link.

NEWSLINE
"In all my years in the fire service, I have never seen so much 'on the scene' violence in the workplace, unprofessionalism and [disobedience] from other firefighters. How can we do our jobs when we have to look over our shoulders and worry about someone shutting off our air supply, ripping off our face pieces and helmets, and other unsafe acts?"

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Firemen Burned In Fight At Scene
(9 News) -- 9 News has learned an investigation is underway into why Prince George's County Firefighters were fighting more than fires early Monday morning.

Man Captures Home Video Of Firefighter Brawl

County Investigates Brawl Among Firefighters
(WBAL) -- UPPER MARLBORO, Md. -- Prince George's County officials said they will look into possible criminal charges against firefighters who were allegedly fighting each other when they were supposed to be fighting a fire.

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Images of Tension: Muslim Cartoon Protests #47

A Pakistani Muslim protester shouts anti-European slogans during a demonstration against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in Quetta. Denmark temporarily shut its embassy in Islamabad and Pakistan recalled its envoy from Copenhagen, amid renewed protests over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.(AFP/Banaras Khan)

A car burns near the Italian consulate in the northeastern city of Benghazi, Libya February 17, 2006. About 10 people were killed in violent clashes between Libyan police and demonstrators on Friday at a protest over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, Italian ambassador to Tripoli Francesco Trupiano said. REUTERS/Libya TV

Thick smoke is seen from the top corner of the Italian consulate building in the northeastern city of Benghazi, Libya February 17, 2006. About 10 people were killed and 55 injured in violent clashes between Libyan police and demonstrators on Friday at a protest over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, Italian ambassador to Tripoli Francesco Trupiano said. REUTERS/Libya TV

Officials carry a victim into a vehicle near the Italian consulate in the northeastern city of Benghazi, Libya February 17, 2006. About 10 people were killed in violent clashes between Libyan police and demonstrators on Friday at a protest over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, Italian ambassador to Tripoli Francesco Trupiano said. REUTERS/Libya TV

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Images of Tension: Muslim Cartoon Protests #46

A group organized by a Muslim leader protests cartoons published by a Danish newspaper, outside the Danish consulate in New York, Friday, Feb. 17, 2006. Jyllands-Posten, first printed the prophet pictures by 12 cartoonists in September. The newspaper has since apologized to Muslims for the cartoons, one of them showing Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped turban with an ignited fuse. Other Western newspapers, mostly in Europe but also some in the United States, have reprinted the pictures, asserting their news value and the right to freedom of expression. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh)

A group organized by a Muslim leader protests the printing of anti-Muslim cartoons by a Danish newspaper, outside the Danish Consulate in New York, Friday, Feb. 17, 2006. Jyllands-Posten, first printed the prophet pictures by 12 cartoonists in September. The newspaper has since apologized to Muslims for the cartoons, one of them showing Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped turban with an ignited fuse. Other Western newspapers, mostly in Europe, have reprinted the pictures, asserting their news value and the right to freedom of expression. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh)

Muslims protest outside the Danish consulate in New York February 17, 2006. Weeks of global protests over cartoons of Prophet Muhammad have triggered fears of a clash of civilizations between the West and Islam, and have led to calls on all sides for calm. REUTERS/Chip East

A woman protests against cartoons published by a Danish newspaper, outside the Danish consulate in New York, Friday, Feb. 17, 2006. Jyllands-Posten, first printed the prophet pictures by 12 cartoonists in September. The newspaper has since apologized to Muslims for the cartoons, one of them showing Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped turban with an ignited fuse. Other Western newspapers, mostly in Europe but also some in the United States, have reprinted the pictures, asserting their news value and the right to freedom of expression.(AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh)

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Images of Tension: Muslim Cartoon Protests #45

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Muslim Cartoon News Roundup: Fri. 17 Feb.

A Pakistani police officer arrests a protester during rally against the publication of cartoons of Islamic Prophet Muhammad, in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 17, 2006. A Pakistani cleric on Friday announced a US$1 million bounty for killing a cartoonist who drew Prophet Muhammad, as thousands joined street rallies across the country and authorities arrested scores of protesters.(AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

COMMENTLINE
Just when you think this story is about to wind down, another flash point erupts. Not to be out done by the West's bounty-call on Osama, this time we see some good ol' Islamic tit-for-tat action. I'll bet the cartoonist never once imagined his hot head would ever be worth a cool million. It's true what they say, "You mess with the bull, you get the horn."

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$1 million bounty offered to kill cartoonist.

Friday's cartoon protests ignite into violence again in Pakistan, 125 arrested.

CSM speculates on sociological causes of riots in Pakistan.

NEWSLINE
"If the West can place a bounty on Osama bin Laden and Zawahri, we can also announce reward for killing the man who has caused this sacrilege of the holy Prophet," Qureshi told Reuters, referring to the al Qaeda leader and his deputy Ayman al Zawahri.

NEWSBYTES
Cleric: $1 Million to Kill Cartoonist
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A Pakistani cleric announced Friday a $1 million bounty for killing a cartoonist who drew Prophet Muhammad, as thousands joined street protests and Denmark temporarily closed its embassy and advised its citizens to leave the country. Police confined the former leader of...

Cleric offers reward to kill cartoonists
(Aljazeera.Net) -- A Pakistani Muslim cleric and his followers have offered rewards amounting to over $ 1 million for killing the Danish cartoonists who drew caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that have enraged the Muslim world.

Bounty offered on cartoonists as protests rage
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -- A Pakistani Muslim cleric and his followers offered rewards amounting to over $1 million for anyone who killed Danish cartoonists who drew caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad that have enraged Muslims worldwide.

Karachi shut down in new protests
125 demonstrators were taken into custody in Faisalabad
LAHORE, Pakistan (CNN) -- A general strike has shut the normally bustling port city of Karachi in southern Pakistan as demonstrators took to the streets to protest the publication of caricatures of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed, police said.

Cartoon Protesters Arrested in Pakistan
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) -- Police detained 125 prophet cartoon protesters for violating a ban on rallies in eastern Pakistan and put a radical Islamist leader under house arrest, amid fears of more deadly demonstrations Friday, officials said.

Pakistani riots about more than cartoons
Violent protests may have been influenced by poverty as much as religious fervor.
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (CSM) -- As elsewhere in the Muslim world, Pakistan has seen an upswing in violence following the publication in Danish and other newspapers of caricatures of the prophet Muhammad.

40,000 in Karachi Protest Cartoons of Muhammad
KARACHI, Pakistan, Feb.16 (AP) -- Tens of thousands of people marched through this southern Pakistani city Thursday, shouting "God is great!" and burning effigies of the Danish prime minister in the country's fourth day of protests over newspaper cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, police said.

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